Maxima

Virtus Bologna are taking on Maxima Roma, with the fixture part of the second matchday of the Italian LBA championship. Sports outlets including Sky Sport have published previews of the round, and fans are searching for lineups, timings and where to watch the game as the early-season schedule gets under way.

McLaren driver Lando Norris is drawing attention in the Netherlands amid Formula 1 discussion. Dutch motorsport outlet F1 Maximaal reports McLaren paying Red Bull the ultimate compliment, saying the team's performance is something 'never seen before'. The remarks highlight the fierce rivalry between Norris's McLaren and Red Bull, with fans debating which team currently holds the upper hand in the championship fight.

The passagemath project has published release candidate 10.8.13.rc0 of its open-source mathematics system in Python. Passagemath is a pip-installable, modularized and portable fork of SageMath, aiming to offer a full-featured computer algebra system. This release updates bundled components including Maxima 5.50 and Mathilda 0.254, and brings improved Jupyter integration, continuing the project's push toward a stable modular release.